Necessitude

//nəˈsɛsɪt(j)uːd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness. rare

    "It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt."

  2. 2
    A circumstance or event which is necessary or unavoidable, especially because it is a requirement of a social role or natural state of affairs. rare

    "The Americans. . . fear not the necessitudes of fortune."

  3. 3
    Necessity. rare

    "In Popperian terms, it demonstrates the necessitude of public debate."

  4. 4
    A relation or connection between people or things. archaic

    "The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and they are all equally contemptible; because the mind entertains no loves or union."

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